I-Kwita Izina, umcimbi waminyaka yonke waseRwanda wokuqamba izingane zegorilla, uhlelelwe uSepthemba 1 emnyango weVolcanoes National Park esifundeni saseMusanze. Futhi, njengoba bekuyinjwayelo kule minyaka emihlanu edlule, Iviki Lezokuvakasha Kwezamasiko lizoqala ngo-Agasti 5 liye ku-D-day, njengendlela yokuvusa amakhethini emcimbini.
UGreg Bakunzi, umsunguli weRed Rocks Cultural Centre - abagqugquzeli besonto leCultural Tourism Week - uthi kulo nyaka inhlangano yakhe ibambisene neLinking Tourism & Conservation (LT&C), inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yezokongiwa kwe-European, ukuze kube lula ukwabelana ngolwazi, isipiliyoni. , kanye nezinqubo ezisebenzayo ezizuzisa ngokufanayo ezokuvakasha nokongiwa kwemvelo ezindaweni ezivikelekile.
I-LT&C isekelwe embonweni ophoqayo wokuthi ezokuvakasha, imboni ezuza kakhulu ezindaweni zemvelo ezivikelwe, ingadlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu ekuqinisekiseni ukuphathwa kwazo okuzinzile nokuphumelelayo emhlabeni wonke.
“Ngokubambisana nenhlangano yomhlaba wonke yezokongiwa kwemvelo efana ne-LT&C, sifuna futhi ukufinyelela izethameli eziningi futhi sibonise ukuthi ukongiwa kwemvelo kuwumthwalo womhlaba wonke,” kunezela uBakunzi.
Iviki Lezokuvakasha Kwezamasiko seliphenduke uchungechunge lwemicimbi ephambili lapho abantu baseRwanda benethuba lokubonisa ngamagugu abo acebile amasiko futhi badlale indima ebalulekile emizamweni yokongiwa kwemvelo. Lo mcimbi unikeza nabahambele iKwita Izina ithuba lokubuka “iRwanda yangempela” ngesikhathi bevakashele kuleli.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, abahleli be-Cultural Tourism Week bafuna ukuphikisa inganekwane yokuthi iRwanda imayelana nama-gorilla asezintabeni kuphela.
“I-Rwanda yizwe elinothe ngamagugu nomlando, futhi i-Cultural Tourism Week isiphenduke uchungechunge lwemicimbi lapho abantu abahlukene bamasiko ehlukene bahlangana khona bacobelelane ngolwazi kanye nezindaba zabo njengendlela yokuhlanganisa amasiko,” kusho uBakunzi.
Kulo nyaka, njengaseminyakeni emi-5 edlule, Iviki Lezokuvakasha Kwezamasiko lizobandakanya imicimbi ebonisa ubuqiniso bamasiko ezwe.
Izoba nezindikimba ezi-2 ezinkulu: Isonto Lezokuvakasha Kwezamasiko elizoqala nsuku zonke kusukela ngo-2 ntambama kuze kube u-6 ntambama, bese kuthi emva kwalokho kube ne-Kwita Izina Nights ezoqala ngo-6 ntambama kuya ku-10 ebusuku.
Ngokusho kukaBakunzi, iKwita Izina Nights izonikeza izivakashi ithuba lokuzijabulisa ngemuva kosuku olunzima oluchithe endle kuhanjwa ama-gorilla. Abavakashi bazothola ithuba lokwabelana ngokudla neziphuzo zaseRwanda (kwesintu), badansele umculo wesintu ophilayo, baphinde bajatshuliswe osomahlaya abaziwayo.
Izivakashi zizophinde zibe nethuba lokuhlala eduze komlilo futhi zixoxe ngezindaba zazo, njengoba nje okhokho babo babevame ukwenza.
Izivakashi zingafunda nokwenza ubhiya wendabuko kabhanana (endaweni owaziwa ngokuthi i-Urwagwa) futhi ubambe iqhaza ekwalukeni ubhasikidi, izitsha zobumba, ukudweba, nokudansa.
Omunye umsebenzi othokozisayo kuzoba yi-“Gorilla Run.” Lapha, abantu bazothola ithuba lokubamba iqhaza noma bajabulele abasubathi ababambe iqhaza ekugijimeni kokuqala kwamagorila e-Red Rocks, okuzodabula izigodi ezizungeze i-Volcanoes National Park.
Eminye imicimbi ehleliwe ihlanganisa i-Cultural Fashion Show, lapho abasiki bengqephu baseRwanda bezothola khona ithuba lokukhombisa nokumaketha imvunulo yaseRwanda ehlukile yesintu neyesimanje. Abavakashi bazoba nethuba lokuthenga okukodwa noma okubili kwalokhu njengezikhumbuzo.
Ithuba lokuxhumana
U-Bakunzi wengeza ngokuthi “Isonto Lezokuvakasha Kwezamasiko liyithuba elihle lokuxhumana lezinhlangano zomphakathi, abadlali bemboni yezokuvakasha, abenzi bezinqubomgomo, kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni, uma kubhekwa ukuthi umcimbi uheha izethameli ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezithokozela ukuzibophezela kwethu ekufezekiseni intuthuko yomphakathi esimeme ngokuvakasha kwamasiko kanye ukongiwa kwemvelo.”
UFrancis Ndagijimana, onguSpecial Project Coordinator weVirunga Community Programs, uthi iKwita Izina kumele inikeze iRwanda ithuba lokukhangisa ngezokuvakasha.
“Lona wumcimbi osedonse amehlo omhlaba. Kuphezu kweRwanda ukusebenzisa [ithuba] elinjalo ukumaketha ezinye izinto ezihehayo. Izivakashi ezize ukuzobamba iqhaza kwiKwita Izina kufanele zisale zingangabazi ezingqondweni zazo ukuthi iRwanda nayo inezindawo eziheha izivakashi ngendlela emangalisayo ngaphandle kwama-gorilla asezintabeni,” usho kanje.
UPeterson Hirwa, ongumqondisi wokuvakasha ngokungemthetho, uthi iCultural Tourism Week ibafundise ngokubaluleka kokongiwa kwemvelo.
